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Despite mosslands being a vital part of our heritage and listed as a UK Priority Habitat, they are hugely undervalued and regarded as wastelands to be exploited for peat. Mossland once covered large areas of our region, but today 97% of the resource has been destroyed with only 300 hectares of intact peat bog habitat remaining.

What is a Mossland?

You can find out all about exactly what mosslands are, their storied history and why they are so important by visiting this page.

Our Work With Mosslands

Our work in restoring and maintaining a mossland is crucial to this magnificent habitat. In order to extract peat, the land is drained and so the first stage in restoring a mossland is to re-wet. This is done by several processes of land management including the building of dams and bunds to raise the water levels and begin the restoration process.